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Tumwater council authorizes Fire Station T2 design agreement and WSDOT reimbursable review for Deschutes Valley Trail
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Summary
Council authorized the mayor to sign a $776,375 service agreement with Rice Fergus Miller for schematic-to-closeout design of Fire Station T2 and approved a reimbursable agreement with WSDOT (authorized up to $10,000; staff expects about $5,000 or less) related to federal review for the Deschutes Valley Trail segment C, which received roughly $2.6 million in TRPC construction funding.
The Tumwater City Council authorized two intergovernmental and design agreements at its March 17 meeting.
Design services: Staff presented a phased service provider agreement with Rice Fergus Miller to advance the Fire Station T2 expansion through schematic design, design development, construction documents, permitting, bidding and construction administration. The total agreement amount is $776,375; staff explained the agreement is phased so the city pays only for completed stages if the project stops before closeout. Councilmember Megan Sullivan moved to authorize the mayor to sign the service provider agreement; Mayor Pro Tem van Holtz seconded, and the motion passed unanimously.
Trail permitting review: Transportation and Engineering Director Brandon Hicks described a reimbursable agreement with the Washington State Department of Transportation to recover state staff time that will be spent reviewing federal permitting documentation for the Deschutes Valley Trail project. He noted the Transportation Policy Review Council (TRPC) awarded the city roughly $2,600,000 for construction of trail segment C, which invokes national permitting standards. The reimbursable agreement is authorized at $10,000 to avoid returning to council in the unlikely event work exceeds estimates; Hicks said he would be surprised if the cost exceeds $5,000. Council moved to authorize the mayor to sign and the motion passed unanimously.
Staff said the trail remains in design for remaining segments, that one smaller segment will be constructed under a separate development agreement, and that staff will return with a project update in two to three months. No budget amendments were made at the meeting; both actions were approvals to execute agreements already included in project planning.
